Taylor Swift's 'Down Bad' Is Going Viral on TikTok Because of the Lyrics to 'Wild Misheard' and the Comments on It Are A+

Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been out for over a week now, so naturally fans are analyzing the lyrics and trying to extract every possible meaning from a single line. Unfortunately, some fans might get the wrong message if they interpret a line from “Down Bad” the same way a TikTok user did. His video goes viral as the internet reacts to perhaps the wildest misunderstood text of 2024 yet.

If the readers belong to the group of Swifties who think The Tortured Poets Department When it comes to Taylor Swift's past relationship with Matt Healy, this misunderstood lyric might leave you scratching your head. The original line in “Down Bad” is, “They'll say I'm crazy if I talk about it,” but apparently some believe they've heard a much more offensive and confusing lyric:

@itskellmartin ♬ bad down – overlays 💐